New details have emerged regarding the arrest of five high-profile underworld figures, including Kehelbaddara Padme, who are linked to multiple murdersincluding the killing of Ganemulla Sanjeewaand major drug trafficking operations. MORE..
28 Aug 2025 (11:40 PM)
Rescuers in boats raced to reach stranded families in Pakistan s populous eastern Punjab province on Thursday, after three major rivers burst their banks because of heavy rain and the release of water from overflowing dams in neighbouring India. MORE..
28 Aug 2025 (6:29 PM)
The Research Priorities for Sri Lanka - 2026 report, aligned with the Government s socio-economic development programme, has been officially presented to the Secretary to the President Dr Nandika Sanath Kumanayake at the Presidential Secretariat today. MORE..
28 Aug 2025 (5:24 PM)
The UK, France and Germany have begun the process of restoring major UN sanctions on Iran - lifted under a 2015 deal - as tensions once again escalate over Iran s nuclear programme. MORE..
28 Aug 2025 (9:56 PM)
The Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers Union has raised concerned about the purported assignation letters issued to employees of the CEB claiming to be under and in terms of the Sri Lanka Electricity Act. MORE..
28 Aug 2025 (9:08 PM)
The driver of the tipper truck, which collided head-on with a school van in the Kuliyapitiya area on August 27, killing three persons including two schoolgirls, has been remanded after being produced before court. MORE..
28 Aug 2025 (3:09 PM)